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While Adolescents May Reason as Well as Adults, Their Emotional Maturity Lags, Says New Research(10/07/09)

Students Who Feel Connected to Peers, Teachers Are More Inclined to Warn of Dangerous Fellow Student(04/21/08)

Study Suggests Why Teens Get Hooked on Cocaine More Easily Than Adults
(04/21/08)

Cooperative Classrooms Positive for Young Adolescents
(03/27/08)

Someone to Complain With Isn't Necessarily a Good Thing, Especially for Teenage Girls
(07/15/07)

Virtual racing games linked to risk taking thoughts, self-reported aggressive driving and riskier simulated driving
(3/18/07)

Sexualization of girls is linked to common mental health problems in girls and women—eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression; an APA task force reports
(2/19/07)

internal APA resources
Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents

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APA's Office of Children, Youth and Families

Schoolyard blues: Subtle social snubs hurt students

Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence

A guide for parents on raising an adolescent daughter

Painful shyness in children and adults

Raising children to resist violence: What you can do

School bullying is nothing new, but psychologists identify new ways to prevent it

Is youth violence just another fact of life?

Violence in the media: Psychologists help protect children from harmful effects

Have your children had their anti-smoking shots?

Family-like environment better for troubled children and teens

The teen years

Communication tips for parents

Making stepfamilies work

Single parenting and today's family

Love doesn't have to hurt teens

Resilience for teens

Monitor on Psychology
Contact sports may put teens at risk for rare degenerative brain disease
(May 2009)

Risks for mini-multitaskers
(February 2009)

The price of affluence
(January 2009)

Unprecedented grant will fund study of special-needs high school students
(November 2008)

Students abusing stimulants for a ‘study boost’
(September 2008)

Academic ‘lost boys’
(April 2008)

Preventing teen suicide through familias
(April 2008)

Brief teen interventions stave off substance abuse
(April 2008)

Dangerous discipline
(December 2007)

Pleasant places, satisfied students
(July/August 2007)

That teenage feeling
(April 2007)

books & videos
ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Revised Edition

Adolescents and ADD: Gaining the Advantage

Adolescence Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education: Volume I

Adolescence Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education: Volume II

Breathe Easy: Young People's Guide to Asthma

Depression is the Pits, but I'm Getting Better: A Guide for Adolescents

Intrusive Parenting: How Psychological Control Affects Children and Adolescents

Mom, Dad. I'm Gay. How Families Negotiate Coming Out

Preventing Youth Substance Abuse: Science-Based Programs for Children and Adolescents

School Refusal Behavior in Youth

Survival Guide for College Students with ADHD or LD

Treating Chronic Juvenile Offenders: Advances Made Through the Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Model

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The Prevention of Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review
(June 2006)

What Influences Children's and Adolescents' Understanding of the Complexity of the Internet?
(May 2006)

Differential Responsiveness to Flouxetine During Puberty
(October 2006)

The Language of Online Leadership: Gender and Youth Engagement on The Internet
(May 2006)

Connecting Developmental Constructions to the Internet: Identity Presentation and Sexual Exploitation in Online Teen Chat Rooms
(May 2006)

The Virtual Cutting Edge: The Internet and Adolescent Self-Injury
(May 2006)

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